SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — An American version of the popular South Korean TV variety show “King of Masked Singer” has been a sensation in the United States, garnering over 10 million views per episode, the show’s producers said Sunday. The remade show’s first episode was watched by 9.368 million when it premiered on [...]

SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The American version of MBC TV’s singing competition show “King of Mask Singer” has received a promising response from U.S. viewers, the Korean network said Monday. The trailer of the remake has garnered nearly 500,000 views since it was unveiled Thursday on YouTube. The remake, “The Masked Singer,” is [...]

SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) — As the #MeToo movement grows in South Korea, TV broadcasters are considering preventative measures to weed out sexual harassment on set. MBC, one of the major national broadcast networks, said on Wednesday the department of drama series has provided sexual harassment prevention training for the staff of the upcoming two-episode [...]

SEOUL, Mar. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — MBC’s reality program showing singles living alone topped the weekly TV ratings chart, partly helped by a real-life romance between two cast members, data showed Tuesday. The show titled “I Live Alone,” which started in March 2013 in line with the country’s changing demographic trend of solo living, ranked [...]

SEOUL, March 12 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean TV networks are facing criticism over scarce media coverage of the PyeongChang Paralympics. The 2018 PyeongChang Winter Paralympic Games kicked off last Friday under the theme of passion and coexistence, but the prospect of following up the success of the Winter Olympics remains doubtful, as many events featuring [...]

SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) – MBC’s long-running variety show “Infinite Challenge” will have its finale on March 31, a top MBC official said Wednesday. “The existing show will end on March 31, and we’re planning on a new show,” Kwon Seok, director of MBC’s entertainment bureau, told reporters after a PR event for another MBC program. MBC producer Choi Haeng-ho will helm the new show, while current director Kim Tae-ho is set to leave after more than [...]

SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — MBC producer Kim Tae-ho will leave popular variety show “Infinite Challenge,” where he’s been since the inception of the show in 2006, an official at the network told Yonhap News Agency Tuesday. Kwon Seok, head of the entertainment department at MBC, said “Kim is going to stop producing ‘Infinite [...]

SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean TV networks showcased their programs during this year’s NATPE Miami trade fair, the government agency that organized the event said Thursday. Considered one of the three largest broadcasting content trade fairs along with France’s MIPTV and MIPCOM, NAPTE Miami is the largest fair of its kind in [...]

SEOUL, Nov. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – The largest shareholder of the nation’s second largest public broadcaster Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) on Monday voted to fire the company president Kim Jang-kyom for his “politically biased” control of the company’s news coverage. The Foundation for Broadcast Culture (FBC) passed a motion on the dismissal of Kim through its eighth extraordinary board meeting in Seoul. Of six FBC board [...]